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lanatus

lanatus, bearing wool, woolly

lānātus, a, um, adj. [lana], furnished with wool, bearing wool, woolly (mostly poet. and post-Aug.).
  • I Lit.: lanatae oves, i.e. unshorn, Col. 7, 3, 2: pelles, id. 6, 2, 4: de lanata pelle, Veg. 3, 7, 1; 5, 42, 2: animalia, Juv. 15, 11.—Subst.: lānātae, ārum, f., wool-bearers, for sheep, Juv. 8, 155.—
  • II Transf.: vitis, downy, covered with down, Col. 3, 2: mala, Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 48: lupus, soft like wool, id. 9, 17, 28, § 61.—Comp.: folia lanatiore canitie, white like wool, Plin. 21, 20, 84, § 147.—Prov.: dii lanatos pedes habent, i.e. the vengeance of the gods comes noiselessly, Petr. 44, 18.

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